Women Against Registry
First Annual Conference
July 2017
Theme: Our Families ~ Our Future ~ Our Time
Conference 2017 videos
- 17 states were represented at the conference.
- Admission to this conference was FREE. There was no conference admission or registration fee.
- The dates of the conference were (July 29-30)
- Conference was centrally located in St. Louis, MO (Maryland Heights area)
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The conference was held at a very nice St. Louis hotel. At the completion of the registration process, a confirmation email was sent with a link to the hotel website so you could stay at the venue at a reduced room rate if you wished.
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The hotel provided a shuttle from the airport
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We provided a shuttle from the train station
- We had some amazing dynamic speakers including, among others:
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- Matt Duhamel of Metamora Films to discuss his advocacy work, his new documentary film and other Projects
- Miriam Aukerman, Michigan ACLU Attorney to update us on the decision from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and possible SCOTUS review
- Keynote Speaker
- Missouri State Representative John McCaherty
- Professor Kitty Dubin
- Attorney Janice Bellucci - "I Have a Dream" speech
- Award winning 'Untouchable' Documentary film
- Pastor Roger Ray - The Emerging Church - Springfield MO
- Toastmaster - Mike Woodall
- There were informative breakout sessions
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- Cause and Effect - Registrant Storytelling Time
- Life in Civil Commitment
- How Do I Get Through This - Grieving Families of Registrants
- L-RIDD - Legal Reform of the Intellectually & Developmentally Delayed
- Participate in A "Working Workshop"
- Art sale:
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- There was an auction of art pieces and books produced by prisoners, registrants, or family members who donated their works as their contribution to this worthy cause; a cause that is designed to help us all.